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A  Course 

Containing  Seven  Lessons  in  the 
Practical  Cultivation  of 

the  Power  of 
Suggestion     and     Concentration 


By 
MAY    E.    STEVENSON 

Teacher  of. 
The  Hindoo  Breathing  School 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Copyright,   1903 

by 
MAY  E.  STEVENSON 

San  Francisco 


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Self  Control. 


Thought  Communication  by  Magnetism. 


Mind  and  Magnetism  on  the  Lower  Planes  and 
their  Relations  to  the  Higher. 


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To  Learn  How  to  Serve. 


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Suggestions  and   their  Effects  in  General. 


Personal  Suggestions  and  their  Magnetism. 


The  Soul,    and  its  Power  to  Travel  on  Higher 
Planes  by  Magnetism. 


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Introduction 

After  having  faithfully  followed 
the  teachings  given  by  our  fore- 
fathers, we  are  to-day  as  though  we 
were  lost,  and  did  not  know  how  or 
where  to  find  the  road  to  the  happi- 
ness promised  us.  > 

We  have  prayed  and  believed  as 
we  were  taught,  but  we  have  not 
found  heaven  where  we  were  told  to 
find  it,  nor  peace  on  earth,  and 
good  will  of  all  men  we  prayed  for. 
The  voice  within  tells  us  that  knowl- 
edge is  the  only  way  to  the  fulfill- 
ment of  these  promises,  and  as  soon 
as  we  listen  to  that  voice  and  give 
our  attention  to  reason,  then  we  are 


6  Introduction 

compelled  to  look  for  truth  in  other 
directions. 

Creeds  must  become  a  side  issue 
for  the  time  being  at  least,  as  true 
religion  is  deeds,  and  not  words  only 
with  a  certain  amount  of  faith  in 
them.  We  have  been  taught  that 
"  God  is  far  away  in  heaven,"  but 
when  we  see  the  truth  we  shall  find 
him  within  our  own  selves,  and  not 
only  God,  but  heaven  and  happiness 
as  well.  As  soon  as  we  commence 
to  apply  the  power  from  within,  then 
we  shall  find  comfort,  peace,  and 
constant  happiness,  and  life  will  be- 
come different  to  us. 

Man  is  in  God,  and  God  in  man, 
and  that  power  hidden  in  all  things 
rules  the  universe.  As  soon  as  we 
look  into  ourselves  we  shall  find  this 
truth  manifested. 

God  is  in  what  we  see,  and  do  not 
see,  and  as  long  as  mankind  make 
the  mistake  in  seeking  outside  of 


Introduction  7 

themselves  the  beauty  of  God  will  be 
unknown  to  them. 

We  have  not  time  to  listen  and  be- 
lieve only,  we  must  know,  as  the 
practical  way  to  wisdom  is  knowl- 
edge, and  by  that  we  reach  our  goal 
the  quickest. 

We  shall  show  that  we  can  not 
come  in  contact  with  anything  with- 
out coming  into  the  life  of  God  by 
the  power  of  mind. 

As  we  do  not  understand  what  the 
power  of  thought   is,   and  wh£ 
manifests,    until    we    cultivate    our 
own  we  can  not  tell  where  Go< 
nor  who  He  is,  but  as  mind  is  hi< 
in  all  matter  we  find  the  hous 
God  nearest  when  we  learn  to  know 
our  bodies,  and  what  they  are  com- 
posed   of,    and    also    the    effect   of 
thought   upon   them,   and   thus   we 
will  be  able  to  prove  that  the  power 
of  God  is  within. 

When  we  find  that  mind  can  make 
the  body  after  its  own  image,  then 


8  Introduction 

we  shall  understand  that  we  are  re- 
lated to  everything  in  the  universe. 

Every  nerve  in  the  human  body 
has  a  power  of  its  own,  and  it  is 
demonstrated  in  its  own  particular 
way. 

As  we  have  millions  of  nerves  in 
our  body  and  no  two  act  alike,  we 
can  see  what  a  wonderful  construc- 
tion it  is. 

To  find  the  power  of  mind,  its 
location,  and  actions  we  must  deal 
with  the  nerves  in  particular,  as 
they  are  the  wires  responding  to 
the  different  thought  forces,  and 
each  nerve  responds  in  a  different 
way  from  the  other,  as  there  are  not 
two  thoughts  alike,  the  nerves  do  not 
act  alike.  We  must  come  closer  to 
matter  with  mind,  and  then  we  will 
find  in  detail  what  kind  of  matter  the 
thought  can  associate  itself  with 
most  easily,  and  when  that  question 
is  answered  we  will  see  that  it  is 
magnetism. 


Introduction  g 

Every  thought  travels  in  its  own 
matter,  that  means,  the  magnetism 
which  each  thought  attracts,  for  it 
must  be  remembered  that  it  is  a  com- 
pounded variety,  and  as  the  thought 
is  in  quality,  so  will  be  the  material 
which  it  sets  in  action. 

Mind  never  acts  alone  nor  travels 
alone,  but  is  clothed  according  to  the 
law. 

When  we  think  of,  and  recognize 
evil,  hatred,  anger,  jealousy,  etc., 
we  can  not  attract  to  us  good  mag- 
netism, but  it  will  be  in  quality  like 
the  thoughts,  and  it  is  as  certain  to 
poison  the  blood  into  which  the 
magnetism  goes,  as  such  thoughts 
are  sure  to  inflict  injury  on  the 
minds  upon  others.  It  will  not  be 
long  until  science  finds  out  that  all 
the  incurable  troubles  of  mind  and 
body  are  caused  by  low  thoughts,  and 
we  shall  then  find  how  easy  it  will  be 
to  cure. 

When  humanity  learns  to  think 


i  o  Introduction 

orderly,  that  means  to  have  high 
thoughts,  and  recognize  the  love 
principle,  power  and  ability  to  be- 
come what  is  desirable,  then  there 
will  not  be  so  much  sickness,  as 
humanity  will  draw  to  itself  the 
finer  magnetism  belonging  to  such 
thoughts,  and  the  mind  will  be  peace- 
ful, and  that  will  make  the  body 
strong  and  healthy. 

The  sooner  we  find  out  that  it  is 
our  thoughts  which  make  our  lives 
unhappy,  the  sooner  we  shall  change 
them  and  make  it  as  habitual  to 
think  high  as  it  is  to  think  low. 

When  we  can  see  practically  that 
it  is  not  so  much  what  we  do  as 
what  we  think,  then  we  shall  have 
courage  and  individuality,  and  it 
will  become  manifest  through  our 
being,  and  we  will  find  success  in 
everything  we  undertake. 

We  shall  see  that  we  can  not  limit 
God,  or  the  power  of  thought,  which 


Introduction  [  i 

is  his  expression,  but  it  is  in  all 
things,  and  by  suggesting  our  every 
action  consciously,  we  apply  the 
higher  power  in  the  matter  with 
which  we  deal,  and  we  will  know  the 
outcome  of  our  every  effort. 

The  whole  human  race  is  in 
struggle  because  it  does  not  under- 
stand the  relationship  between  mind 
and  matter,  nor  the  law  of  living  in 
the  duality.  In  all  matter  there  is 
constant  struggle  to  reach  the  plane 
of  consciousness  which  is  its  destiny. 

At  the  same  time  there  is  chaos, 
there  is  also  perfect  regularity,  and 
we  must  learn  to  deal  with  all  things 
accordingly. 

System  in  life  makes  it  easier,  and 
we  know  what  we  receive  when  we 
give  out  systematically,  but  we  must 
not  become  slaves  to  system,  as  that 
is  as  wrong  as  to  have  no  system  at 
all. 

To  cultivate  concentration  by  will 


1 2  Introduction 

is  to  think  systematically,  and  when 
we  can  do  so  we  will  know  the  effect 
of  every  thought. 

When  we  plan  our  duties  in  life, 
we  will  know  what  the  results  will 
be,  and  we  will  not  use  our  efforts 
and  time  in  vain. 

When  we  think,  we  must  have 
power  over  our  thoughts  to  keep 
them  on  one  thing,  and  they  will  not 
be  like  things  we  are  not  able  to 
manage. 

The  cultivation  of  will  is  the  first 
thing  we  must  learn,  and  when  we 
know  how  and  when  to  use  it  we  will 
apply  it  in  our  every  day  dealings. 

Mind  must  become  trained  like 
matter  to  do  our  bidding;  when  I 
say  our,  I  do  not  mean  the  body,  but 
the  soul. 

It  is  not  becoming  to  men  and  wo- 
men to  worry  as  though  every  day 
were  their  last,  as  it  shows  that 
they  do  not  know  themselves,  nor 
their  relation  to  God,  the  highest 


Introduction  1 3 

in  all  things  in  heaven  and  on  earth. 
If  we  let  the  power  of  our  minds  dic- 
tate our  movements,  then  not  one 
step  will  be  taken  in  vain,  but  we 
will  be  so  used  to  having  mind  and 
matter  act  in  conjunction  that  we 
can  become  a  power  of  accomplish- 
ment wherever  we  are. 

The  greater  portion  of  mankind 
are  like  somnabulists  who  walk  in 
their  sleep,  mentally,  and  dwell  upon 
one  thing  in  their  stupor  until  they 
wear  it  out;  wherever  the  mind  is  so 
dormant  that  it  can  not  be  the 
master,  the  case  is  abnormal  and  hu- 
manity is  on  the  plane  with  the 
animal. 

The  cultivation  and  use  of 
thought-power  upon  ourselves  and 
others  will  be  of  great  good  in  all 
the  different  circumstances  in  life, 
as  it  strengthens  the  nerves  and 
gives  energy  and  will-power. 

Disease  is  easily  removed  by  will- 


14  Introduction 

power  in  the  conscious  concentra- 
tion of  mind. 

The  application  of  the  higher 
power  develops  individuality,  and 
will  reveal  to  us  what  we  can  do  for 
ourselves  and  others. 

As  long  as  we  are  in  ignorance  of 
our  own  worth  we  will  suffer,  as  we 
will  become  subject  to  the  will- 
power of  others,  and  we  can  not  help 
ourselves. 

Why  should  we  seek  that  from 
others  which  we  have  in  abundance 
ourselves?  and  why  should  we  be 
limited  to  the  will  of  others  when  God 
has  given  to  us  the  whole  universe 
for  our  happiness?  Why  do  we  look 
upon  others  as  the  "  wonders  "  when 
we  are  as  great  wonders  ourselves? 
And  why  should  we  give  the  credit 
to  others  which  we  have  a  right  to 
ourselves?  We  do  so  because  we  are 
ignorant  of  our  power  and  what  it 
can  accomplish. 


Introduction  1 5 

It  was  to  us  as  well  as  to  the  Dis- 
ciples that  Christ  spoke  when  He 
said  "  greater  things  than  I  do  ye 
shall  do,  as  I  go  to  my  Father/'  and 
we  should  not  limit  that  to  the 
"wonders"  of  His  day,  but  to  our- 
selves as  the  same  power  is  lat- 
ent in  us  which  was  in  them.  All 
power  is  cultivated  by  activity,  and 
by  using  it  in  practical  concentra- 
tion it  becomes  greater  and  more 
active,  and  whosoever  applies  it  will 
see  the  fulfillment  of  the  words  of 
the  Master. 

These  lessons  will  be  given  plain, 
and  as  practical  as  possible  that  all 
can  understand  them,  and  then  they 
will  be  of  great  usefulness.  We  do  not 
find  one  instance  in  life  where  the 
power  of  mind  can  not  be  applied, 
and  if  it  be  brought  to  bear  at  all 
times  we  will  not  have  the  tribula- 
tions which  we  have  by  not  using 
our  judgment  and  reason  in  all 
things. 


1 6  Introduction 

Truth  is  the  only  thing  which 
gives  independence,  strength  of 
character,  and  freedom  on  all 
planes,  and  we  owe  it  to  ourselves 
and  our  fellowmen  to  find  out  what 
is  truth.  If  there  is  plenty  for  every 
need  in  life,  why  should  humanity 
be  in  want  if  it  was  not  that  they 
can  only  have  what  they  wish  by 
their  own  effort,  and  as  it  is  not  law 
that  it  shall  be  given  to  us  as  gifts 
we  can  not  have  it  until  we  find  it 
for  ourselves.  The  sooner  we  de- 
velop the  power  of  our  higher  selves, 
the  sooner  we  shall  see  this,  and  then 
we  will  make  the  right  effort  and 
cease  to  pray  for  it  as  a  gift  of  grace. 

All  things  unfold  by  their  own  ac- 
tivity, and  how  can  we  expect  to  be 
excepted  from  the  dictates  of  law. 

O  humanity,  cease  to  seek  outside 
of  self,  but  look  within.  We  should 
not  look  for  greater  things  in  others 
than  we  recognize  in  ourselves,  as 
that  is  to  deny  what  we  are,  and 


Introduction  17 

such  denial  makes  weakness  which 
prevents  us  reaching  our  goal. 

We  must  learn  to  consult  our  own 
judgment  and  apply  our  own  power, 
and  by  such  activity  we  shall  culti- 
vate more. 

This  is  the  way  that  mind  affects 
the  body  and  the  material  outside  of 
it,  as  it  attracts  to  us  magnetic 
power  the  more  our  minds  are  sys- 
tematically active,  the  more  we  shall 
live  a  life  of  beauty  and  content- 
ment. Concentration  upon  the  body 
will  make  its  every  function  supple, 
and  thus  prepare  it  for  the  demon- 
stration of  the  higher  gifts.  Some 
teach  that  "  matter  is  error " ;  we 
can  not  agree  with  such  teachings, 
as  God  can  not  create  anything  con- 
trary to  Himself. 

There  can  be  no  error,  as  every- 
thing is  pure  and  beautiful  from  the 
beginning,  and  if  it  can  not  demon- 
strate its  beauty  now,  it  will  by  and 
by.  If  there  was  no  pain  how  could 


1 8  Introduction 

we  learn  to  overcome  it?  How  can 
we  be  masters  of  that  which  we  have 
not  experienced?  And  how  can 
there  be  anything  with  which  we 
can  avoid  coming  in  contact  when 
we  expect  to  teach  others  by  the  ex- 
periences which  we  have  had? 

The  cause  of  pain  is  the  irregular- 
ity of  thought  and  actions  and  we 
must  come  in  contact  with  it  in 
order  to  learn  how  to  regulate  it 
and  thereby  gain  wisdom  and  poise. 

Nothing  can  teach  nature  but  na- 
ture itself,  and  when  human  beings 
allow  pain  to  overcome  them  they 
must  know  the  power  by  which  it  is 
caused  and  by  which  it  is  removed. 

Mind  makes  pain  and  the  same 
power  removes  it;  the  causes  in  de- 
tail are  hard  to  enumerate. 

Most  people  are  sick  because  they 
are  lonely  and  long  for  love  and 
sympathy,  and  because  the  world 


lutroduction  1 9 

does  not  understand  them  they  re- 
ceive no  response  and  this  affects 
their  bodies. 

Nothing  but  thoughts  of  love, 
youth  and  perfect  freedom  can  re- 
store. 

Truth  must  be  accepted  by  the 
world  as  it  is  the  only  savior  for 
mankind,  and  the  systematic  recog- 
nition and  application  of  it  in  all 
walks  of  life  can  cultivate  our  higher 
selves  and  their  demonstration 
through  the  body. 


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V  3  7 

Self  Control 

In  order  to  realize  the  power  of 
self-control,  and  apply  it  in  times  of 
need,  we  must  make  our  wills  bear 
upon  our  thoughts  as  they  affect  the 
body  which  we  have  seen  above. 

Confusion  around  us  will  cause 
confusion  within,  both  in  mind  and 
body,  and  under  such  conditions  we 
can  neither  help  ourselves  nor  our 
fellow  men.  Self  control  means 
character,  and  both  are  cultivated 
by  orderly  concentration  of  mind. 

Reason  and  judgment  are  the 
demonstrations  of  control  of  self, 


Self  Control  21 

but  we  should  not  become  such  rea- 
soners  as  to  forget  love  and  its  ten- 
derness. 

To  control  self  means  to  control 
others,  but  it  can  not  be  done  with- 
out love  as  "  none  will  be  driven, 
but  all  can  be  coaxed,"  and  by 
such  poise  we  have  confidence  in 
ourselves  and  we  also  receive  it 
from  others.  What  we  are,  that  they 
will  become  with  whom  we  come  in 
contact  because  of  the  magnetism 
which  we  send  out. 

The  cultivation  of  self-control 
teaches  us  to  keep  to  ourselves 
things  which  many  times  would  be 
said  to  others  and  our  plans  would 
be  a  failure. 

We  must  not  say  anything  which 
we  do  not  mean,  nor  promise  any- 
thing we  can  not  do  as  we  will 
lose  confidence  in  ourselves,  and 
by  fear  that  others  do  not  believe 
in  us,  we  will  lose  our  self-re- 
spect and  become  wrecks  on  the 


22  Self  Control 

sea  of  life,  and  go  deeper  and  deeper 
until  we  have  lost  all  control  over 
the  circumstances  which  we  had 
power  to  manage  before.  In  order 
to  cultivate  power  of  self  we  must 
consult  our  own  judgment  and  be 
willing  to  risk  losing  or  winning 
and  take  the  responsiblity. 

The  cultivation  of  calmness  makes 
us  come  in  contact  with  sorrow, 
pain,  injustice,  want,  and  other 
conditions  without  making  too 
much  of  it.  When  we  feel  that  no 
one  has,  as  great  troubles  as  we, 
that  proves  that  we  have  but  little 
strength,  as  with  its  development 
comes  character,  judgment,  wisdom 
and  above  all,  love. 

Self  control  makes  us  valuable  to 
others  as  we  can  see  danger  and  give 
assistance,  whereas  the  weak  only 
stand  in  one  place  and  cry  for  their 
losses. 

Calmness  and  confidence  in  self 
are  the  only  weapons  by  which  we 


Self  Control  23 

shall  conquer  and  learn  our  lessons. 
Beautiful  is  he  who  is  composed  in 
times  of  excitement,  silent  in  times 
of  controversies  and  unconcerned  in 
defence  of  self,  because  he  can  so 
conquer  circumstances  that  he  can 
forgive  those  who  try  to  injure,  and 
love  and  have  charity  for  those  who 
try  to  defraud,  and  he  does  not  be- 
come affected  by  those  who  are  an- 
gry and  revenge  is  not  in  him. 

Whoever  has  the  power  of  self 
control  is  like  a  tree  which  does  not 
move  for  any  storm. 

Composure  brings  refinement,  and 
such  persons  are  more  valuable  than 
precious  stones  as  they  can  be 
trusted,  and  their  wisdom  is  like  the 
morning  dew. 

In  order  to  cultivate  this  quality 
go  by  yourself  when  there  is  excite- 
ment until  you  can  see  it  and  hear 
it  without  its  affecting  you. 

Do  not  take  part  in  disputes,  but 
leave  such  places  unless  you  can  be 


24  Self  Control 

a  peacemaker.  By  being  composed 
we  hold  our  force  and  do  not  become 
nervous  like  him  who  allows  himself 
to  become  excited. 

Concentrate  your  mind  upon  your 
own  soul  and  let  your  breathing  be 
very  slow,  and  do  not  heave  with 
your  chest. 

If  you  are  hurried  sit  down  and 
become  still  and  see  that  you  have 
time  in  advance,  and  always  use 
your  own  judgment  and  independ- 
ence. Do  not  sympathize  with  any- 
body until  you  become  weak,  as 
then  you  have  given  away  your  mag- 
negism  and  will  after  such  loss 
make  others  weak  and  excited.  Rec- 
ognize the  power  of  your  soul  and 
hold  love  until  you  love  it  dearly, 
and  you  will  gain  self  control,  as  it 
will  always  keep  you  calm.  Do  not 
give  your  confidence  to  those  you 
do  not  know,  as  they  might  misuse 
it  and  the  regret  that  you  gave  it 


Self  Control  25 

will  weaken  the  control  you  had  over 
yourself. 

Always  have  faith  in  your  ability 
to  control  self  and  you  will  be  in 
"  wisdom  like  the  tree  by  the  waters 
which  bears  fruits  at  all  seasons." 

This  concentration  for  poise  is 
done  at  any  time  when  we  find  that 
fear  is  trying  to  get  the  better  of  us. 


Thought      Communication      by 
Magnetism 

It  has  for  a  long  time  been  known 
that  we  can  communicate  with  each 
other  by  thought,  and  the  more  we 
learn  to  know  this  power  the  more 
we  shall  realize  that  it  is  so. 

We  must  know  how  and  when  to 
make  others  feel  our  presence  in 
thought  as  all  practice  of  mind 
power  must  be  done  in  accordance 
with  the  law  which  governs  it. 

We  know  that  no  thought  comes  to 
us  or  leaves  us  alone,  but  that  it  is 


Thought  Communication      27 

traveling  in  magnetism,  and  there- 
fore when  we  think  we  give  and  re- 
ceive the  magnetism,  which  is  affin- 
ity to  our  thoughts. 

Mind  goes  as  quickly  to  other 
planets  as  it  travels  upon  this  one, 
as  there  is  no  time  nor  space  to 
thought,  and  that  is  the  reason  why 
we  can  telegraph  to  our  friends  no 
matter  where  they  are  and  they  will 
know  it,  if  we  do  so  in  the  right  time 
and  under  harmonious  conditions. 

Were  soul-communication  not  a 
law  we  would  not  dare  to  say  this, 
but  as  one  thing  unfolds  by  com- 
munication with  the  other,  mankind 
is  no  exception.  There  is  not  a 
flower  with  which  we  can  not  com- 
municate by  the  magnetic  power 
which  is  active  within,  and  there 
is  not  an  animal  in  the  forest  to 
which  we  do  not  speak  by  the  same 
power,  neither  is  there  a  star  nor 
a  plane  of  any  kind  from  which  we 


28      Thought  Communication 

are  separated  as  far  as  communica- 
tion is  concerned. 

The  power  of  the  soul  is  endless 
and  we  can  understand  it  the  more 
we  cultivate  this  mental  communion. 

Send  your  love  into  space  (as  the 
physical  senses  recognize  it)  to  those 
you  love  and  they  will  feel  you  and 
know  that  you  are  there. 

Send  out  nothing  but  lovliness  as 
thought  "  kills  as  well  as  gives  life." 

We  can  easily  see  how  important 
it  is  that  we  hold  kind  and  loving 
thoughts  as  communion  by  thought 
both  helps  and  injures,  and  thus  we 
shall  be  held  responsible  for  what 
we  do  to  others. 

If  we  find  that  some  one  tries  to 
injure  us  let  us  send  thoughts  of 
wisdom  to  them  instead  of  sending 
them  the  same  as  they  send  us,  and 
in  so  doing,  we  shall  become  their 
teachers  and  we  will  be  the 
"  mighty  "  of  which  David  speaks  in 
his  120th  psalm,  and  such  thoughts 


Thought  Communication     29 

will  not  fail  to  have  their  effect  upon 
the  ignorant,  and  they  will  regret 
what  they  have  done  and  do  better. 

Thoughts  with  their  magnetism 
are  the  "  arrows  coming  from  the 
mighty  with  coals  of  juniper," 
(120th  psalm). 

Before  we  send  thought  communi- 
cations to  others  let  us  first  fill  our- 
selves with  power,  as  it  is  by  magnet- 
ism that  we  can  send  them,  other- 
wise we  will  not  reach  any  body  nor 
can  they  respond. 

We  must  not  be  tired  or  excited 
when  we  send  our  messages,  but 
completely  composed,  and  we  will 
find  answer  very  readily. 

With  those  who  live  in  all  kind 
of  habits  it  is  a  grand  thing  to  com- 
municate, as  they  will  receive 
strength  and  encouragement  to  do 
better. 

The  way  we  can  fill  ourselves  with 
magnetism  is  to  hold  the  mind  on 
magnetic  subjects  either  on  this 


30      Thought  Communication 

planet  or  some  other  for  we  can  as 
easily  think  of  the  sun  and  draw  mag- 
netism as  we  can  on  a  flower  around 
us,  as  thoughts  and  their  magnetism 
are  unlimited. 

By  worry  and  excitement  we 
waste  our  power  and  the  greater 
portion  of  mankind  become  mental 
and  physical  wrecks  from  it. 

Let  us  at  all  times  be  calm  and 
we  shall  hold  our  strength. 

These  communications  are  best 
practiced  in  the  evening,  as  every- 
thing is  more  quiet  than  at  any  other 
time.  During  the  day,  as  we  are  all 
busy  with  other  things,  our  minds 
are  not  still  enough  to  reach  any  one 
or  become  open  to  other  thoughts. 

When  our  daily  duties  are  done 
their  magnetic  action  becomes  more 
quieting  and  the  mind  can  be  active 
on  the  higher  planes  and  the  finer 
magnetism  be  brought  to  bear. 

The  more  calm  our  minds  are  the 


Thought  Communication     31 

more  they  become  susceptible  to  the 
thought  power  of  others. 

This  is  the  power  which  moves  all 
things,  but  mankind  does  not  know 
it,  and  it  is  the  power  by  which 
thousands  become  individualized  be- 
cause we  can  only  save  and  be 
saved  by  knowledge.  Law  gives 
no  favors,  it  says,  "  thou  must," 
not  only  to  some  but  to  all,  and  it 
cannot  be  limited  neither  by  prayers 
nor  faith  as  it  is  by  experience 
that  everybody  and  everything  rises 
higher. 

All  things  have  their  own  time  and 
condition,  and  they  must  be  followed 
closely  in  the  practice  of  thought 
communication. 

We  must  let  the  golden  rule  dic- 
tate every  message  before  it  is  sent, 
as  we  might  cause  others  harm  for 
which  we  will  suffer  more  than  they; 
and  this  must  not  be  looked  upon 
as  though  we  were  thinking  of  our- 
selves only,  but  we  must  know 


32     Thought  Communication 

if  we  cause  sorrow  for  others  we 
create  it  for  ourselves.  It  is  almost 
impossible  for  us  to  enumerate  the 
power  and  possibilities  which  there 
is  in  thoughts  and  magnetism,  since 
we  are  moved  to  act  and  speak  by 
each  other's  inner  lives. 

Do  not  send  thoughts  to  others 
that  are  not  of  a  positive  and  high 
quality,  as  they  will  be  weakening 
to  others  and  to  ourselves. 

It  is  important  that  we  keep  the 
same  hour  and  room  for  the  sending 
of  thought  messages,  as  we  can  more 
readily  reach  them  we  think  of,  and 
we  will  receive  responses  easier. 

The  more  we  deal  with  the  power 
of  mind  consciously,  the  more  we 
shall  find  that  regularity  and  order 
will  help  us,  and  we  shall  also  see 
that  it  is  in  harmony  with  the  law. 

To  deal  with  one  thing  at  the  time, 
in  its  own  time  and  place,  is  one  of 
the  fundamental  principles  of  this 
study. 


Thought  Communication     33 

All  things  will  be  in  perfect  order 
even  in  their  irregularity  if  they  are 
dealt  with  orderly. 

We  must  learn  to  regulate  our 
own  atmosphere  before  we  can  ex- 
pect demonstration  of  the  power  in 
it 

There  is  nothing  impossible,  but 
we  must  bring  its  powers  to  the  sur- 
face. 

We  wear  ourselves  out  by  trying 
to  have  demonstrations  in  the  wrong 
time  and  place ,  as  it  is  contrary  to 
order,  because  nothing  will  work 
against  the  dictates  of  the  law  of 
evolution. 

It  is  a  grand  thing  to  know  that 
the  power  of  mind  is  not  dependent 
upon  space  and  time,  but  that  we 
commune  with  one  another  on  other 
planes  as  well  as  this  one. 

Mind  is  the  same  in  and  out  of  the 
body,  and,  therefore,  it  is  in  har- 
mony with  the  law  that  thought  com- 
munions can  be  had  with  those  we 


34     Thought  Communication 

love  who  have  no  longer  the  same 
bodies  which  they  had  while  they 
were  amongst  us. 

It  is  according  to  wisdom  that  the 
mother  who  left  her  body  here  for 
some  unknown  reason  (because  she 
did  not  understand  the  power  of 
thought  upon  matter),  can  send  her 
messages  of  love  to  her  darlings  who 
are  struggling  here — not  that  only, 
but  it  is  the  law  that  she  can  take  a 
finer  form  ( the  astral )  and  be  where 
her  loved  ones  are  gathered  at  the 
fireside. 

It  is  by  magnetic  action  and  the 
dictates  of  love  that  the  husband  can 
send  his  soul  to  the  widow  who 
grieves  as  if  there  was  "  no  hope." 

It  is  in  accordance  with  unfoldment 
that  the  father  finds  the  unseen  way 
to  his  wayward  son  who  struggles 
against  the  tide  of  temptation  and 
finally  falls  into  it;  the  son  is  his 
darling  boy  whether  he  be  strong  or 
weak,  and  the  soul  of  the  departed 


Thought  Communication     35 

watches  him  as  though  he  were  in 
the  body. 

It  is  the  law  that  two  who  loved 
while  in  the  body  meet  on  paths  un- 
known, and  as  souls  love  and  adore 
each  other  truer  than  ever, — they  see 
their  own  and  rejoice  in  their  hap- 
piness, they  hear  sighs  and  songs 
and  they  speak  the  language  which 
souls  alone  can  understand,  and 
these  beautiful  and  sweet  communi- 
cations we  can  have  from  all  planes 
by  the  wonderful  power  of  mag- 
netism. Thought  communication 
reaches  through  everything  and  by  it 
we  have  communion  with  the  angels. 

If  we  know  this  wonderful  power 
it  will  give  us  much  more  pleasure 
of  life,  as  we  will  never  feel  lonely 
and  isolated,  nor  confined  to  this 
plane  alone,  but  it  will  give  us  won- 
derful freedom,  and  with  freedom 
mental  and  physical  strength  and  in- 
dividuality. 

This     concentration     must     take 


36     Thought  Communication 

place  under  very  harmonious  con- 
ditions when  we  feel  rested ;  we  must 
not  have  doubt  in  our  minds  if 
we  wish  to  reach  those  with  whom 
we  are  to  communicate,  and  it  will 
be  a  help  to  inform  each  other  of  the 
hour  of  communication,  as  there  will 
be  more  stillness  on  both  sides. 

Hold  love  and  beauty  before  you 
sit  down  to  send  your  message,  and  it 
will  reach  your  friend  more  clearly ; 
love  and  tenderness  reach  deeper 
than  any  other  suggestions. 

Do  not  recognize  time  nor  space 
for  the  soul,  as  they  belong  to  the 
physical  senses  only.  Do  not  recog- 
nize the  body  at  this  time,  but  the 
soul  alone  when  you  send  your  mes- 
sages, and  there  will  be  quicker  re- 
sponse, as  you  send  with  it  the  finer 
magnetism  which  penetrates  more 
readily. 


Mind    and    Magnetism    on    the 

Lower  Planes  and  their  Relations 

to  the  Higher. 

In  this  lesson  we  shall  see  how 
closely  we  are  related  to  the  king- 
doms beneath  us  and  what  effect  they 
have  upon  us. 

As  mind  and  magnetism  act  in  con- 
junction in  our  bodies  so  they  do  in 
all  other  expressions  of  life. 

If  everything  has  the  same  destiny 
by  law  then  there  must  be  unity  in 
our  bodies,  as  they  are  a  part  of 


38      Mind  and  Magnetism 

everything  for  the  purpose  of  being 
able  to  attract  matter  from  every 
kingdom,  and  by  being  one  with  it 
there  will  be  harmony  and  growth. 

Magnetism  is  the  material  means 
by  which  we  come  in  contact  with  all 
things  and  such  as  the  center  is,  such 
will  be  the  magnetism. 

We  must  be  judges  of  all  things  in 
order  to  meet  them  on  their  own 
planes,  but  we  must  never  allow  any- 
thing which  is  below  us  in  intellect 
to  dictate  or  have  dominion  over  us, 
as  then  it  takes  our  position  and  we 
sink  lower. 

We  must  recognize  everything  as 
our  brother,  but  we  must  not  become 
its  slaves.  When  we  think  of  how  the 
animals  are  raised  for  the  purpose  of 
being  slaughtered  for  mankind  to  eat 
we  realize  that  we  are  part  of  it, 
otherwise  we  would  not  crave  its 
flesh  nor  would  we  feel  as  contented 
as  we  do  after  we  have  eaten  it. 
Were  there  not  a  part  of  us  in  the 


Mind  and   Magnetism      39 

flower  and  herb  they  could  not  serve 
to  restore  strength  and  vigor  to  the 
body.  Were  there  not  a  part  of  the 
mineral  kingdom  in  us  we  would  not 
desire  its  product  nor  could  the  gold 
fascinate  us  to  the  extent  that  it  now 
does.  Were  the  magnetism  not  acted 
upon  by  thought  it  would  stay  where 
it  originates  and  there  would  be  no 
attraction  of  anything  to  the  other. 
Were  it  not  in  accordance  with 
law  that  we  should  come  in  contact 
with  all  things  our  thoughts  would 
not  go  to  anything  except  our  bodies, 
and  how  would  we  then  be  able  to 
expand? 

If  we  as  the  higher  did  not  come 
into  closer  relations  with  the  lower 
how  would  it  become  cultivated? 
And  were  there  not  a  higher 
purpose  in  cultivation  we  would 
never  become  as  attracted  to  things 
around  us  as  we  now  are.  We  must 
look  at  our  lower  brother  as  the 
angels  look  at  us,  and  feel  toward 


40     Mind  and  Magnetism 

him  as  they  feel  toward  us,  that  we 
need  help  to  reach  our  destiny.  As 
there  is  a  purpose  in  everything,  and 
as  it  comes  from  the  eternal  foun- 
tain of  life,  so  it  must  go  to  it  after 
it  has  earned  its  consciousness  by 
struggle. 

Everything  is  divine,  whether  it 
can  express  it  now  or  not.  We  must 
not  look  at  the  expression  but  at 
that  toward  which  it  is  reaching. 

Matter  can  not  be  in  turmoil  and 
express  regularity,  but  it  will  express 
that  with  which  it  is  surrounded 
from  the  beginning.  We  must  not  be 
mastered  by  gold,  or  anything  else, 
as  it  is  not  on  our  plane  of  intel- 
lectual expression,  but  deal  with  it 
for  the  purpose  of  helping  it  to  reach 
its  goal,  and  meanwhile  it  must  serve 
us  according  to  our  dictation,  but  we 
must  not  worship  it  as  it  is  not  en- 
titled to  that  much  recognition. 

When  human  beings  fall  at  the 
feet  of  gold  or  anything  of  that  kind 


Mind  and  Magnetism     41 

they  lose  sight  of  their  position  as 
higher  beings  into  whose  hands  the 
lower  has  been  placed  for  refinement 
and  they  forget  that  they  are  called 
upon  to  be  the  potters  and  not  the 
clay. 

The  coat  is  not  the  man,  both  are 
good  and  divine  as  they  serve  their 
purposes.  Take  a  look  at  the  mil- 
lionaires and  see  their  low  expres- 
sions and  their  wandering  eyes,  like 
those  who  have  lost  the  path  to  their 
fathers'  homes. 

We  should  deal  with  the  minerals 
and  flowers  and  everything  else  be- 
neath us  as  we  deal  with  children 
whom  we  want  to  help,  and  while  we 
help  them  they  serve  us.  When  we 
take  a  piece  of  ore  we  should  love  it 
as  we  love  a  child;  then  we  could 
sense  its  magnetism  much  clearer 
and  it  would  tell  us  in  its  own  way 
how  glad  it  is  to  be  noticed  and 
loved  for  what  it  is  in  the  estimate  of 
evolution  and  not  because  it  is  used 


42      Mind  and  Magnetism 

as  a  means  to  serve  vice  as  well  as 
virtue.  We  must  deal  with  it  as  our 
ancestor,  and  it  will  refresh  our 
memories  of  the  time  when  we  lived 
closer  in  its  bosom  than  we  do  now. 
Thus  we  can  read  the  specimen  with 
far  more  accuracy  than  we  do  and 
know  it  better,  and  it  will  come  much 
more  easily  into  our  hands.  We 
must  do  the  same  with  the  flowers, 
holding  them  in  our  hands  and  lov- 
ing them,  as  by  that  feeling  we  can 
reach  the  inmost  soul  of  everything 
and  the  sweet  flower  will  send  forth 
much  more  of  its  magnetism,  and  its 
fragrance  will  become  life  to  us.  The 
same  we  should  do  with  the  lish  and 
the  sea  moss,  etc.,  and  by  our  tender- 
ness the  finer  magnetism  which  is  the 
stronger  at  all  times  would  become 
the  most  active,  and  we  would  not 
have  so  much  trouble  in  knowing 
this  or  that  as  we  have.  By  such  con- 
centration upon  everything  we  learn 
to  know  its  nature  better  and  it  will 


43      Mind  and  Magnetism 

come  more  readily  to  our  service 
than  it  does,  because  as  soon  as  we 
place  anything  so  high  that  we  have 
hard  work  to  reach  it  then  we  have 
to  struggle,  but  if  we  are  relaxed 
in  the  feeling  that  it  belongs  and 
will  surely  come  to  us  by  our  ex- 
erting the  right  effort  we  shall  have 
more  comfort  than  we  ever  had  and 
life  will  be  more  beautiful  to  us  than 
it  has  been  before. 

What  is  money  but  a  piece  of 
metal  which  has  for  the  time  being 
received  the  recognition  of  our 
minds,  and  what  do  we  receive  for  it? 
Can  we  buy  love,  happiness,  content- 
ment and  worth  of  character?  We 
may  try  and  we  will  soon  find  that 
love  is  rarely  coupled  with  wealth, 
and  "  love  at  first  sight "  will  soon 
be  gone  if  the  fortune  is  not  forth- 
coming. 

The  effect  of  the  magnetism  of 
lower  beings  and  things  will  be  what 
we  suggest  it  to  be.  If  we  say  that 


44     Mind  and  Magnetism 

it  is  "  evil "  it  will  have  that 
effect  on  our  bodies,  as  they  re- 
spond to  suggestions  and  that  is 
the  reason  why  we  suffer.  If  we 
recognize  that  everything  is  divine 
we  will  feel  the  effect  of  the  finer 
magnetism  which  we  have  set  in 
action  by  such  recognition,  and  we 
will  feel  in  harmony  with  all  life. 

Criminals  and  crimes  are  only 
expressions  of  the  struggle  on  the 
lower  planes,  and  they  can  not  ex- 
press anything  finer  until  it  has  been 
reached  by  them.  Love  them,  send 
fine  thoughts  to  them,  and  their 
higher  selves  will  more  easily  rise 
out  of  their  bondage. 

If  we  are  in  love  with  anything  we 
handle  we  are  relaxed,  and  its  mag- 
netism will  flow  to  us  and  we  do  not 
see  its  struggles,  but  we  see  what  it 
will  become  and  all  will  look  beauti- 
ful to  us. 

If  we  worry  over  the  material  we 
are  in  combat  with  it,  and  repel  its 


Mind  and  Magnetism     45 

magnetism.  When  we  know  that  the 
higher  and  sweeter  life  is  embodied 
in  everything  in  the  universe  how 
can  we  help  but  love  and  adore  it, 
and  our  hearts  bounding  with  such 
love  will  keep  us  singing  in  the  midst 
of  confusion  the  day  long. 

When  we  take  a  piece  of  ore  to  con- 
centrate upon  remember  we  should 
not  do  so  to  become  rich  but  to  know 
it  from  its  higher  standpoint,  and  it 
will  serve  us  more  plentiful.  Do  not 
forget  that  as  soon  as  we  worship 
the  "  golden  calf  "  we  have  descended 
from  our  position  as  higher  beings 
and  it  can  not  help  but  result  in 
struggles  which  we  would  not  have 
if  we  remained  its  superiors.  Face 
the  north  when  you  concentrate  on 
gold  and  know  that  by  concentration 
in  order  you  draw  to  you  its  mag- 
netism and  you  will  know  it  better. 

Fridays  and  Saturdays  are  the 
days,  and  evenings  are  the  times 


46      Mind  and  Magnetism 

for  these  concentrations.  Do  not  con- 
centrate for  selfishness,  but  to  help 
all  things  by  coming  into  closer  con- 
tact with  them.  If  we  live  for  the 
purpose  of  being  rich  our  lives  will 
be  nothing  but  soul  emptiness  and 
sorrow. 

As  there  can  be  no  demonstration 
of  the  soul  except  through  the  mat- 
ter which  belongs  to  every  kingdom, 
therefore,  we  must  see  it,  and  know 
it  everywhere,  and  also  remember 
that  every  specie  was  included  in  the 
"  pinch  of  clay." 


Jfawrtlj 

To  Learn  How  to  Serve 

This  will  be  a  missionary  lesson 
teaching  us  how  to  send  love  and 
kindness  to  all  beings  ana  things, 
and  the  effect  it  will  have  upon  our- 
selves and  those  to  whom  we  send  it. 

Generosity  comes  from  being  gen- 
erous, and  if  we  look  for  it,  we  must 
first  give  it  as  we  can  not  attract  un- 
less we  have  drawn  to  us  the  power 
by  which  to  attract ;  and  as  love  and 
kindness  produce  peace  and  happi- 
ness, which  everybody  seeks  and 


48     To  Learn  How  to  Serve 

longs  for,  it  is  of  the  greatest  impor- 
tance that  we  should  know  how  and 
by  what  means  to  receive  it. 

We  have  said  above  that  thought 
never  travels  alone  but  that  it  has 
the  matter  which  by  affinity  belongs 
to  it,  such  matter  being  magnetism, 
and  when  we  recognize  it  in  our- 
selves and  in  others,  we  live  that 
lovely  duality,  whose  power  is  the 
highest  happiness,  and  rest  can  not 
help  but  surround  us  and  this  life 
will  be  a  state  of  sunshine  in  conse- 
quence. 

This  grand  life  will  not  only  be 
our  own,  but  from  us  it  will  eminate 
to  others  who  do  not  know  that  we 
can  have  that  power  of  spiritual 
growth  and  live  in  this  body. 

As  thousands  of  souls  are  living  in 
bodies  without  having  one  glimpse 
of  this  lovely  existence  we  want  to 
try  and  send  them  this  light,  and 
the  best  way  of  doing  that  is  to 
draw  it  out  from  their  own  within, 


To  Learn  How  to  Serve    49 

and  we  can  do  so  by  recognizing  it 
in  them.  Was,  or  is  there  any  one 
who  is  so  dark  that  there  is  not  a 
spark  of  this  beautiful  light  within 
him?  Is  there  any  one  so  coarse 
that  there  is  not  some  refinement  un- 
derneath? "No,"  you  will  tell  me, 
and  you  can  not  do  otherwise  as  the 
breath  of  God  is  in  every  "  pinch  of 
clay,"  and  when  we  are  satisfied  on 
this  point,  then  we  find  that  we 
have  something  to  work  on;  let  us 
then  go  to  work  and  help  to  bring  it 
out. 

We  owe  this  love  and  kindness  to 
everything  in  nature,  and  we  can 
send  it  everywhere  by  recognizing 
that  it  is  everywhere,  and  as  the  vi- 
brations of  our  thoughts  go  from  one 
planet  to  another  all  over  the  uni- 
verse, so  do  we  receive  and  give 
power  and  life  to  all  things  through 
and  by  our  thoughts.  Let  us  send 
out  the  highest  life,  both  mentally 


50    To  Learn  How  to  Serve 

and  magnetically,  and  we  will  re- 
ceive both  in  return. 

We  have  been  taught  to  ask,  but 
not  to  give,  and  that  is  the  reason  why 
we  have  prayed  all  our  lives  and  re- 
ceived so  little,  as  we  have  acted 
against  the  law  of  evolution,  because 
we  cannot  receive  without  giving; 
God  will  not  answer  our  prayers 
unless  we  obey  that  law,  as  that 
would  be  to  deny  Himself. 

If  we  want  happiness  we  must 
first  create  it;  if  we  want  love  we 
must  first  love;  if  we  want  gener- 
osity we  must  first  become  generous, 
etc.  This  law  acts  in  all  things.  Do 
not  long  for  love  unless  you  send  out 
love  first,  as  the  time  is  wasted,  for 
you  can  not  be  loved  unless  you  are 
lovable.  Let  us  concentrate  our 
minds  upon  ourselves  first,  to  be 
able  to  become  so  unselfish  as  to 
want  to  love  the  whole  world  with- 
out questioning  how  much  we  shall 
be  loved  in  return,  but  let  us  learn 


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to  see  that  what  we  have  that  we 
will  receive,  because  we  can  not  help 
but  give  it.  First  send  out  love  to 
all  life,  then  we  can  classify  it  by  tak- 
ing certain  kingdoms,  one  at  a  time; 
love  goes  first  in  all  things  because 
it  is  the  greatest  of  all  virtues,  and 
it  is  the  foundation  upon  which  every 
kingdom  is  built.  Everything  is  in- 
cluded in  love,  and  all  success  in  life 
depends  upon  it.  We  must  first 
learn  this  lesson  before  we  can  know 
anything  in  life  and  its  activities, 
as  love  opens  the  door  ana  gives  ac- 
cess to  everything,  it  smiles  at  all 
times  and  is  always  willing  to  tell 
us  its  secrets,  hence  it  is  by  that 
power  that  we  know-* 

Love  and  you  shall  be  loved,  be- 
lieve and  you  shall  be  believed,  give 
and  unto  thee  shall  be  given,  serve 
and  you  shall  be  served.  Surrender 
to  Love's  sweet  but  real  life,  and 
you  shall  have  company  with  angels 
while  in  this  body. 


52     To  Learn  How  to  Serve 

"  Him  who  giveth,  unto  him  shall 
be  given,"  and  as  this  is  a  journey 
through  and  not  the  limit,  let  us 
make  it  as  lovely  as  possible  for  our- 
selves and  others,  and  "  our  deeds 
shall  follow  us  after,"  and  as  this 
journey  takes  us  through  darkness 
and  light,  on  hills  and  in  valleys, 
let  us  live  in  the  soul  and  speak  to 
the  soul  in  all  things. 

We  must  not  condemn  any  one  nor 
anything,  but  let  us  remember  that  as 
long  as  everything  is  in  the  turmoil 
which  is  required  for  growth,  itwill 
express  the  effect  which  the  struggle 
for  higher  expression  has  upon  it, 
and  if  it  should  not  be  pleasing  to  us 
we  must  know  that  it  will  demon- 
strate its  higher  self  by  and  by. 

Let  us  send  thoughts  of  love  and 
kindness  to  the  different  institutions 
where  bodies  and  souls  are  confined 
because  they  have  not  had  the  help 
which  they  needed.  They  have  had 


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to  struggle  alone  in  darkness ;  there- 
fore, let  us  not  blame  them  for  what 
they  say  or  do,  because  they  express 
the  condition  which  they  are  in,  but 
let  us  help  them  out  of  darkness  and 
they  will  express  their  finer  selves 
and  give  back  to  us  what  we  have 
given  to  them.  \ 

The  concentration  taught  in  this 
lesson  is  done  in  the  evening,  after 
everything  is  still.  Bathe  the  hands 
and  face  in  cold  water,  and  take  a 
standing  position  looking  out 
through  the  window  in  space. 

Recognize  the  soul's  worth  in  your- 
self. First,  say,  I  am  Eternal  Love, 
I  am  Eternal  Life,  I  am  Truth,  I  am 
Peace,  God  is  in  me  and  /  am  in 
God,  for  ever  more,  Amen.  Be  very 
quiet  while  you  recognize  this  in  your 
self,  and  after  you  have  held  the 
thought  awhile,  then  recognize  the 
same  in  everybody  and  everything 
(whether  it  is  expressed  or  not,  it 
is  within  all  matter)  ;  hold  your 


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thought  on  these  qualtities  until  you 
can  feel  rest  within,  then  send  out 
love  to  the  east,  west,  south  and 
north,  hold  that  thought  until  you 
can  feel  happiness,  and  it  will  be  felt 
in  your  solar  plexus ;  after  this  hold 
sympathy,  but  never  hold  pity  as 
that  is  the  recognition  of  weakness 
and  will  make  us  weak,  and  also 
those  whom  we  send  it  to.  Give 
generosity  in  abundance,  love  freely, 
and  give  freely  of  the  higher  power, 
and  sunshine  shall  come  forth,  not 
only  in  one  direction,  but  from  every- 
where, to  ourselves  and  others,  and 
thus  the  soul  shall  give  of  its  sweet- 
ness like  the  buds  give  forth  the 
beauty  in  the  rose  filled  with  grand 
life  and  fragrance. 

Think  not  of  returns,  as  "  he  who 
looketh  for  praise  closes  the  doors 
of  reward  for  himself,"  but  give 
freely  and  one  beautiful  gift  shall 
come  forth  after  the  other. 


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O  sweet  one,  surrender  to  the  beau- 
tiful, forget  yourself  and  you  shall 
see  God  and  live.  As  all  souls  can 
travel  all  over  the  universe  our 
bodies  need  not  be  transported  here 
and  there  in  order  to  do  missionary 
work,  but  by  the  sending  out  of  the 
above  thoughts  and  holding  them  un- 
til we  have  sent  magnetism  with 
them,  which  will  go  to  the  body  as 
the  thought  goes  to  the  mind,  we 
can  help  in  all  troubles  without 
much  inconvenience  and  be  benefited 
ourselves. 

As  this  lesson  refers  to  different 
habits  the  same  must  be  sent  to  the 
thief,  the  murderer,  and  weaklings 
of  all  descriptions,  as  it  will  call 
forth  the  higher  in  them. 

We  need  not  say  that  this  teach- 
ing is  faith  only;  it  is  fact,  founded 
upon  the  law  of  cause  and  effect. 
We  make  "  karma  "  for  ourselves  and 
others  by  sending  thoughts  to  all 


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things — as  the  thoughts  are  such  is 
the  magnetism. 

Humanity  can  not  be  satisfied  by 
faith  only  as  in  the  past,  but  we 
must  have  knowledge  to-day,  and 
that  will  help  us  to-morrow. 

Look  around  and  see  the  activity 
in  all  things,  each  tending  to  help 
the  other;  watch  the  moon  in  the 
stillness  of  the  evening,  and  let  its 
brilliancy  speak  to  you  of  the  power 
in  it,  how  it  inspires  the  soul  and  it 
is  by  magnetism  that  we  can  feel 
its  wonderful  life  which  conveys 
thoughts  carried  to  us  from  other 
planets  as  well  as  from  our  own. 

Sit  by  the  waters  and  behold  their 
silvered  surfaces  and  let  them  tell  you 
how  impossible  it  is  to  leave  you  or 
me  out  from  being  a  link  in  the  chain 
which  holds  the  entire  universe  to- 
gether. Ask  yourself  how  anything 
in  which  the  power  of  God  is  can 
help  but  be  a  part  of  us,  and  how  is 
it  possible  but  to  come  in  contact 


\ 


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with  the  higher  when  we  live  in  all, 
how  can  it  but  affect,  and  become 
affected  by  thoughts,  as  the  material 
will  be  like  the  thought  because  it  is 
the  reality  and  matter  the  clothing. 
When  we  stop  to  reason,  then  we  can 
see  clearly  ourselves  in  all  things, 
and  we  can  also  see  that  there  will 
be  a  day  when  we  will  come  out  of 
the  confusion  radiant  and  filled 
with  the  beauty  which  nothing  but 
motion  can  give;  our  faces  will  then 
be  resplendent  with  the  happiness  of 
a  triumphant  victory  over  all  diffi- 
culties and  we  will  find,  looking  back 
on  our  path,  that  thought  in  and 
upon  matter  led  to  glory. 

This  concentration  gives  content- 
ment, and  therefore  we  should  hold 
the  above  thoughts  every  evening 
before  we  retire,  and  not  speak 
afterwards,  and  we  shall  find  that 
our  sleep  and  that  of  those  to  whom 
we  have  sent  the  thoughts,  will  be 
a  soul  journey  on  higher  planes  from 


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whence   we   shall    bring   light   and 
strength. 

As  there  is  such  variety  of  lovli- 
ness  let  us  live  in  it,  and  place  it  by 
drawing  the  finger  tips  over  our  faces 
and  bodies,  recognizing  the  power 
while  we  do  so. 


Suggestions  and  their  Effects  in 
General 

In  this  lesson  we  will  deal  with  the 
right  way  of  suggestion  and  show 
that  we  can  not  suggest  right  until 
we  understand  the  effects  which 
right  and  wrong  suggestion  has  upon 
the  mind  and  body  of  others. 

Suggestion  is  different  from  con- 
centration in  that  the  mind  does  not 
remain  on  one  thing,  but  it  flies  from 
one  thing  to  the  other,  thereby  caus- 
ing chaos  around  us  for  which  we 


60  Suggestions 

have  to  suffer  in  many  ways,  as  it 
affects  the  nerves,  causes  sickness 
and  often  the  souPs  passing  out  of 
the  body. 

Fear  comes  .from  confusion  and 
confusion  from  want  of  knowledge; 
and  as  understanding  always  gives 
poise,  we  can  meet  all  dangers  with 
strength  to  conquer. 

When  we  fear  that  things  might 
turn  out  so  and  so,  always  looking 
at  the  dark  side,  that  is  suggestions 
of  gloom  and  misfortune,  and  if  we 
repeat  such  suggestions  they  will 
surely  come  to  pass. 

Hope  is  a  suggestion,  and  when 
we  feel  that  it  will  be  better  by  and 
by,  then  we  suggest  that  it  shall  be 
so,  and  if  we  hold  that  thought  con- 
sciously it  will  be  concentration,  and 
we  will  find  it  taking  place  sooner 
than  otherwise. 

We  must  learn  to  know  the  cause 
and  effect  of  suggestion  and  con- 
centration before  we  can  do  either  to 


Suggestions  6 1 

our  benefit,  as  it  must  be  done  con- 
sciously in  both  cases.  When  a  man 
fears  that  he  will  lose  his  fortune, 
he  suggests  that  it  shall  be  so,  un- 
consciously, and  meanwhile  he  works 
very  hard  to  prevent  it.  If  we  under- 
stand the  law  of  preventing  the  hap- 
penings of  that  which  we  suggest 
consciously  or  unconsciously,  it  will 
be  demonstrated  that  we  make  our 
own  lives,  and  what  we  make  wre 
have,  and  what  we  say,  that  will 
come  to  pass. 

Suggestion  is  the  key  by  which 
we  open  the  door  to  all  possibilities, 
and  if  we  do  not  understand  we  will 
suffer  as  there  is  no  grace  for  him 
who  does  not  know.  God  can  not 
help  any  one  who  can  not  help  him- 
self, therefore  our  thoughts  and  sug- 
gestions will  either  lead  us  nearer  to 
Him,  or  further  away,  and  we  must 
sooner  or  later  discover  that  it  is  the 
"  mighty  "  who  finds  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  and  they  are  those  who  have 


6  2  Suggestions 

learned  and  know  the  law  of  life  and 
how  to  live  it. 

Fear  causes  weakness  and  waste 
of  energy,  and  it  is  the  suggestion 
of  possible  calamities  which  makes 
us  lose  our  mental  and  physical 
power.  When  we  learn  to  suggest 
nothing  but  that  which  is  grand  and 
beautiful,  then  we  shall  find  strength 
and  see  the  possibility  of  accomplish- 
ing everything  we  undertake. 

Gloomy  and  sad  suggestions  means 
weakness  and  loss  of  magnetism,  but 
the  stronger  gives  poise  at  all  times 
in  all  kinds  of  danger,  and  it  draws 
to  us  magnetism  which  will  give  us 
vigor,  life  and  individuality,  and  it 
will  become  a  remedy  for  all  things. 

When  we  suggest  ill  to  others 
( that  means  to  recognize  that  "  they 
are  no  good,  and  will  never  amount 
to  anything,"  etc. ) ,  we  bring  out  the 
lower  in  those  of  whom  we  think, 
and  we  will  be  sure  to  find  it  and 


Suggestions  63 

then  we  will  say  to  each  other,  "  Did 
I  not  tell  you  so?  "  but  if  we  notice 
we  will  find  ourselves  restless  and 
more  or  less  in  mental  disturbance 
all  the  time,  and  what  is  this,  if  not 
that  we  receive  back  what  we  have 
sent  out,  as  we  can  not  have  peace 
and  suggest  disturbance  to  others. 

Do  not  send  pity  to  anything,  but 
send  love  and  kindness  to  all  king- 
doms, and  most  of  all  to  the  animals, 
as  they  receive  it  and  feel  the  mag- 
netism it  brings  to  them  and  it  will 
draw  them  closer  to  us,  and  by  com- 
ing in  contact  with  us  their  higher 
selves  are  brought  out. 

Do  not  forget  that  it  is  magnetism 
which  brings  everything  into  our 
lives. 

When  the  animals  feel  the  finer 
magnetism  from  the  human  they  be- 
come gentle,  and  thus  less  abused; 
and  by  it  the  animal  and  his  master 
learn  to  understand  one  another. 


64  Suggestions 

It  is  magnetism  in  the  flower 
which  makes  the  gardener  love  it  the 
more  he  handles  it ;  and  it  is  magnet- 
ism which  makes  man  and  woman 
"fall  in  love  at  first  sight."  It  is 
magnetism  which  makes  the  pupil 
love  his  teacher,  and  it  is  magnetism 
which  tells  the  sick  if  their  doctor 
can  cure  or  not;  it  is  magnetism 
which  gives  confidence,  and  by  mag- 
netism which  is  not  harmonious  it 
is  taken  away. 

We  can  not  smell,  hear,  nor  touch 
magnetism,  nor  can  we  measure  it, 
and  because  it  comes  and  goes  so 
that  we  do  not  know  or  understand 
it,  that  is  why  we  suffer  mysteriously 
at  times. 

It  is  by  magnetism  that  soul  un- 
derstands soul  without  words,  and 
by  magnetism  other  worlds  than 
this  shall  be  built,  roll  on  and  dis- 
appear, and  humanity  on  all  planes 
shall  lay  off  one  body  after  another 


Suggestions  65 

in  order  to  take  finer  and  be  pre- 
pared for  it  in  and  by  the  unknown 
power  of  magnetism  which  their 
thoughts  bring* 

It  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
that  we  keep  our  thoughts  under  con- 
trol, and  we  must  not  make  any  sug- 
gestions of  things  which  we  do  not 
want,  nor  have  gloomy  suggestions 
before  we  retire,  as  our  souls  will 
then  travel  in  the  lower  magnetism 
while  we  sleep  and  wear  out  our 
bodies,  because  we  open  the  door  for 
unconscious  souls  who  will  come 
around  us  when  we  can  not  protect 
ourselves  and  draw  our  magnetic 
forces  away  and  exhaust  our  nerves. 

Lesson  fourth  gives  us  the  idea  of 
our  suggestions.  Before  we  deal 
with  anything  of  a  lower  material, 
let  us  send  out  love  and  peace  to  all 
things  before  we  suggest  success  for 
the  coming  day,  as  we  are  in  har- 
mony with  life  when  we  recognize 
love  and  peace,  and  after  that  we 


66  Suggestions 

can  more  easily  draw  to  us  the  mag- 
netism of  the  condition  with  which 
we  are  in  contact. 

When  we  suggest  we  should  think 
first  what  i§,  the  best  and  most  profit- 
able to  us,  and  we  would  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  all  things  were  de- 
pendent upon  our  way  of  sugges- 
tion. We  must  know  that  each  cir- 
cumstance brings  a  different  sugges- 
tion, and  as  there  is  always  a  com- 
bination of  magnetisms  belonging  to 
each  circumstance  we  must  think 
first  what  to  suggest. 

You  will  ask  how  you  are  to  know. 
You  know  what  you  like  to  have  and 
become,  and  your  highest  desires  you 
should  suggest  no  matter  on  what 
plane  it  is  so  long  as  it  is  your  high- 
est— that  means,  the  highest  you  can 
think  of — and  then  concentrate  upon 
it  and  it  will  be  sure  to  come. 

In  this  wise  let  us  lift  our  eyes  to 
"  Jerusalem,"  and  we  shall  see  the 
height  of  our  happiness. 


Suggestions  67 

Let  us  take  for  example  some  one 
who  hopes  to  bring  us  some  new  in- 
vention in  air-travel  in  particular, 
(as  that  is  to  be  the  next  advance- 
ment on  our  material  earth).  If  the 
inventor  suggests  failure  he  will  meet 
with  it,  but  if  he  holds  in  his  mind 
success  in  the  ultimate  he  will  be 
sure  to  succeed,  but  it  will  be  with 
the  understanding  that  he  does  not 
suggest  failure. 

To  overcome  failure  we  must  not 
recognize  it,  nor  must  we  recognize 
fear,  as  if  we  do  we  can  not  over- 
come it,  but  it  will  have  the  better  of 
us.  The  recognition  of  perfect  abil- 
ity to  fulfill  any  thing  we  andertake 
will  help  us  to  success.  Make  these 
suggestions  in  the  evening,  first  take 
one  thing  and  then  the  other,  and 
think  of  the  most  practical  and 
shortest  method  of  finding  the  way 
to  it. 

We  must  always  give  encourage- 
ment to  ourselves,  and  others,  as 


68  Suggestions 

that  will  give  strength  to  go  onward ; 
let  us  live  on  the  hills,  and  look  into 
the  smiling  life  and  expect  great 
things  always  feeling  that  we  are 
able  to  accomplish  them,  and  thus 
suggesting  the  higher  life,  we  shall 
never  know  fear  or  lose  our  mag- 
netism. 


Personal   Suggestions    and    their 
Magnetism 

This  lesson  will  deal  with  sugges- 
tion and  its  effect  upon  the  body, 
particularly.  We  shall  see  that  the 
minute  we  suggest  sickness,  that 
minute  we  will  have  it,  it  may  be 
that  it  does  not  demonstrate  itself 
until  some  time  after,  but  it  is  sure 
to  come,  because  we  have  suggested 
sickness  and  it  will  be  so.  As  soon 
as  we  go  out  in  the  air  and  think  we 
will  take  cold  we  will  take  it  be- 
cause we  have  made  that  law. 

What  we  say  will  come  to  us  be- 
cause we  draw  the  magnetism  be- 


70       Personal  Suggestions 

longing  to  each  thing,  and  it  can  not 
help  but  come  to  our  bodies  as  well 
as  to  our  minds. 

Our  nervous  systems  respond  to 
every  thought,  and  the  magnetism 
belonging  to  each  thought  will  affect 
our  bodies. 

Fear  is  so  closely  associated  with 
lower  suggestions  that  they  can 
hardly  be  parted.  Fear  is  an  emo- 
tion, and  in  proportion  to  its 
strength,  it  will  carry  magnetism 
with  it  by  which  the  body  will  be 
made  weaker  and  weaker. 

If  we  make  the  stronger  sugges- 
tions they  will  affect  our  bodies  and 
we  will  not  know  of  pain  or  weak- 
ness. 

The  higher  suggestions  will  make 
the  Sun  of  possibility  shine  in  our 
path,  and  we  will  wander  in  its  light 
night  and  day;  we  will  know  the 
power  of  virtue  from  the  higher  plane 
of  thought,  and  the  beautiful  mag- 
netism will  blend  in  the  radiance  of 


Personal  Suggestions       71 

the  soul  power,  and  the  seen  and  un- 
seen will  awaken  from  its  slumber 
into  this  grand  life  and  recognize 
that  it  has  been  able  to  do  so  by 
suggesting  the  higher  and  stronger 
life-power. 

The  rule  which  we  have  spoken  of 
in  the  previous  lessons  must  be  ob- 
served in  this  one  which  is  perfect 
calmness  and  deliberation,  as  we  can 
not  know  what  to  suggest  unless  we 
are  calm.  At  all  times  it  is  import- 
ant that  we  suggest,  health,  youth, 
strength  and  vigor. 

And  when  we  hold  our  minds  on 
that  we  can  not  help  but  feel  it. 

Let  us  have  nothing  against  any- 
body as  that  will  be  against  our- 
selves. Our  unconscious  sugges- 
tions have  such  an  effect  upon  our 
bodies  that  they  make  them  what  they 
are.  All  stagnations  of  the  blood 
come  from  inactivity  of  mind  in  the 
right  channel,  and  too  much  activity 


72       Personal  Suggestions 

in  the  wrong  direction.  There  is 
not  an  ailment  from  which  we  suffer 
that  is  not  caused  by  our  ignorance, 
or  that  of  our  forefathers,  and  all 
deficiencies  that  we  see  around  us 
are  caused  by  mental  slumber. 

If  mind  and  matter  go  together, 
as  new  thought  teaches,  then  how 
can  it  be  prevented  but  that  the  body 
becomes  the  very  expression  of  the 
mind,  and  if  it  is  so  where  shall 
we  turn  for  remedy  but  to  the  mind, 
as  it  can  counteract  as  well  as  pro- 
duce. 

When  disorder  of  the  body  is  sug- 
gested it  will  come  «md  suggestion 
will  work  so  perfect  that  it  will  ef- 
fect each  organ  just  as  we  say. 

Cancer,  wherever  it  may  be  in  the 
body,  is  not  a  cancer  until  we  have 
suggested  it  to  become  such,  and  if 
we  think  over  what  our  feelings  are 
when  we  notice  pain  we  will  find 
that  we  fear  that  "  it  may  develop 


Personal  Suggestions       73 

into  something  which  our  grand- 
mothers or  fathers  had/'  and  we  sug- 
gest cancer,  or  heart  trouble,  or  con- 
sumption, and  we  tell  one  another  how 
they  suffered,  and  we  live  in  those 
conditions  until  we  have  drawn  the 
blood  to  the  weakest  part  of  our  body 
where  it  has  so  accumulated  that  in- 
flammation can  not  help  but  be  the 
result,  and  instead  of  taking  the 
proper  exercise  and  rubbing  to  scat- 
ter the  blood,  we  sit  and  cherish  the 
"  cancer,"  and  talk  about  it  and  pity 
ourselves  and  look  for  death,  etc. 

There  are  more  suicides  by  sug- 
gestion than  by  any  other  method, 
and  also  murders,  and  when  we  un- 
derstand the  power  of  thought  we 
shall  see  it. 

We  have  spoken  in  the  previous 
lessons  of  the  different  magnetism, 
the  different  organs  being  acted  upon 
because  their  particular  nerves  have 
their  own  magnetisms,  one  different 
from  the  other,  and  the  result  is 


74        Personal  Suggestions 

that  we  set  the  different  magnetisms 
into  activity  by  suggestion  as  well  as 
by  concentration;  as  the  thought  is, 
so  will  be  the  action,  and  hence  we 
can  see  how  we  give  our  bodies 
"  cancer/'  etc. 

Instead  of  suggesting  wrinkles  in 
the  face  by  recognizing  them,  fear- 
ing that  they  are  coming,  and  "  we 
will  look  old/'  why  not  suggest  that 
we  are  becoming  younger,  wiser, 
healthier,  etc.,  and  so  keep  the  nerves 
at  rest,  and  the  circulation  in  a  nor- 
mal condition. 

Instead  of  suggesting  stomach 
trouble  by  fearing  that  the  "  liver 
does  not  act  right,"  why  not  live,  eat, 
drink  and  dress  more  in  harmony 
with  health  and  comfort.  Instead  of 
violating  the  law  of  nature's  activity 
in  the  body  and  then  complaining 
about  it  all  the  time  and  suggesting 
age  and  death  before  the  time 
comes,  let  woman  become  more  sen- 
sible, let  her  take  off  her  corsets, 


Personal  Suggestions       75 

and  set  a  wholesome  table,  omitting 
sweetmeats,  and  all  other  kinds  of 
dough,  and  she  and  her  children  will 
become  healthier  and  happier.  Let 
it  be  remembered  that  wherever  we 
place  our  suggestions  there  the  effect 
will  be  known  sooner  or  later. 

To  have  a  well-developed  body  we 
must  suggest  symmetry  and  poise  to 
all  its  parts,  and  we  must  also  give 
them  exercises  in  conjunction  with 
suggestions,  and  we  shall  look  as 
though  we  were  twenty  at  the 
time  we  are  fifty,  and  feel  happier 
and  more  lively  than  we  did  in 
our  childhood.  We  all  know  how 
the  body  suffers  from  suggesting 
gloomy  things,  and  the  more  we 
dwell  upon  it,  the  sadder  we  become 
until  it  ends  in  pain  and  bodily 
weakness.  This  shows  that  there  is 
the  closest  relation  between  the  body 
and  the  mind. 

Take  one  organ  at  a  time  and  sug- 
gest youth  and  strength,  and  do  not 


j6       Personal  Suggestions 

tie  up  the  waist  by  a  corset,  but 
leave  it  free  for  the  blood  to  circu- 
late; and  do  not  suggest  disease  if 
you  feel  a  little  pain  or  inconven- 
ience, as  it  may  be  that  you  are  sen- 
sitive to  the  atmosphere  about  you, 
resist  it  by  holding  health  and  youth 
and  it  will  not  harm  you  or  cause 
difficulty. 

Do  not  borrow  trouble  or  pain  by 
thinking  that  you  are  going  to  be- 
come so  and  so.  Go  out  in  the 
fresh  air,  listen  to  music,  dwell  in 
the  beautiful,  and  when  you  hear 
or  feel  sadness  counteract  it  by  the 
power  of  the  soul  and  its  expression 
of  God  within.  Place  your  fingers  on 
the  surface  of  your  skin  and  draw 
them  downward,  letting  the  electric- 
ity flow  from  them  to  the  part  which 
you  wish  to  affect,  and  recognize  life, 
not  in  gloom,  but  in  youth  and 
beauty.  Thus  we  can  become  hand- 
some in  the  face  and  body,  but  we 


Personal  Suggestions       77 

never  will  so  long  as  we  suggest 
disease  and  death. 

It  would  take  too  large  a  volume 
to  go  into  detail  in  describing  each 
organ  in  the  body,  but  we  will  say 
that  that  which  helps  one  part  will 
help  the  other  and  not  only  help  it, 
but  renew  and  keep  it  so. 

What  would  the  mind  amount  to 
if  it  did  not  take  in  the  body  in  which 
it  is  demonstrated?  What  does  a 
teaching  amount  to  which  does  not 
benefit  us  to-day?  And  why  should 
we  live  in  the  to-morrow  and  hope 
for  a  day  we  may  not  see?  Let  to- 
morrow take  care  of  itself,  and  let 
us  have  a  teaching  wAich  can  give 
us  help  and  happiness  to-day  and 
that  will  prepare  us  for  to-morrow. 
What  good  does  it  do  us  to  hear  of 
"  God's  grace "  in  the  future,  and 
what  good  do  the  teachings  oi; 
grace  do  us  after  all,  when  we 
in  the  final  have  to  rely  upon  our 
own  knowledge,  as  we  can  not 


78        Personal  Suggestions 

find  help  from  anything  else?  My 
readers  will  perhaps  take  issue  with 
me  and  feel  that  I  teach  too  material 
a  teaching,  devoid  of  hope  and  spir- 
ituality. That  is  as  each  one  of  us 
can  see  it;  as  I  see  it  I  can  not  feel 
content  without  I  know.  I  can  not 
feel  like  heaping  the  responsibility 
upon  any  one  else  for  my  deeds,  par- 
ticularly as  I  know  that  I  make  my 
own  "  karma  "  and  that  no  one  else 
but  I,  myself,  can  be  responsible  for 
my  life,  and  as  I  see  it,  we  save  the 
trouble  of  to-morrow  by  learning  to- 
day. 

Let  us  have  the  glorious  opportun- 
ity to-day  and  we  shall  rejoice  and 
our  happiness  shall  rebound  to 
others  and  become  greater  to-mor- 
row. 

In  concluding  this  lesson  let  us 
say,  do  not  suggest  pain  to  your 
body,  but  health ;  do  not  suggest  fail- 
ure to  yourself,  but  success,  and  live 
in,  and  by  higher  suggestions,  and 


Personal  Suggestions       79 

rest  your  mind  by  non-thinking  long 
enough  to  know  what  your  highest 
suggestions  should  be  as  far  as  the 
body  and  other  things  are  concerned. 

Suggest  health,  youth,  love,  lov- 
liness,  success  and  triumphant  hap- 
piness, and  live  in  that,  and  your 
suggestions  will  help  you  to  a  higher 
plane  and  also  others. 

All  suggestions  upon  the  body  and 
applications  of  exercises  should  be 
done  in  quietude  every  evening  when 
no  one  is  around. 


The  Soul,  and  its  Power  to  Travel 
on  Higher  Planes  by  Magnetism 

This  lesson  being  the  final  of  this 
course  it  is  of  importance  that  we 
see  where  the  systematic  cultiva- 
tion of  mind-power  upon  the  body 
will  lead  us.  We  have  gone  step 
by  step  in  this  course  and  shown 
why  and  wherefore  we  can  affect 
outside  things  by  mind  when  we 
can  not  see  or  touch  them;  we 
have  tried  to  give  the  key  to  the  so- 
called  new  teachings  of  mind,  and 
matter,  by  showing  that  mind  travels 
in  and  by  matter,  and  that  there  is 
not  a  thought  which  has  not  matter 
in  it.  We  have  given  these  instruc- 
tions in  harmony  with  the  law  of 


The  Soul  8 1 

evolution  as  all  beings  and  things 
are  bound  by  it  and  must  obey  its 
dictations  either  in  this  or  some 
other  body. 

We  have  shown  that  consciousness 
is  our  goal,  and  that  everything  else 
must  reach  the  same.  By  conscious- 
ness, we  mean  the  higher  self,  as 
the  mind  in  this  body  is  the  lower 
which  is  striving  to  reach  higher 
and  will  do  so.  We  have  shown  that 
cause  and  effect  go  through  all  na- 
ture, and  that  we  must  know  it  in 
order  to  have  the  happiness  which 
we  seek. 

We  shall  show  in  this  lesson  that 
we  can  be  in  the  duality  of  our  be- 
ing and  demonstrate  its  power  here 
and  also  upon  higher  planes  at  the 
same  time.  To  soul  there  is  neither 
time  limit,  nor  space  limit,  and 
therefore,  we  can  go  out  and  draw 
power  to  us,  and  we  will  become 
renewed  and  rested  while  the  soul  is 
away,  because  it  will  rest  the  senses 


82  The  Soul 

and  such  rest  will  be  new  life  to  the 
whole  body.  Glorious  privilege  that 
man  can  live  in  his  dual  self,  and 
thus  know  the  higher  life  and  its 
beauty  and  progress.  Grand  truth 
that  man  is  as  unlimited  as  God,  but 
he  does  not  know  it  as  yet,  and 
blessed  reality  that  we  need  not  live 
in  darkness  as  to  who  we  are  and 
what  we  can  become. 

Wonderful  law  of  wisdom  that 
the  weary  can  leave  their  abode  of 
weariness  and  go  out  in  the  endless- 
ness of  life  and  bring  to  the  body 
new  life  and  refreshment  by  which  it 
becomes  stimulated  to  go  on,  and  on. 
I  am  glad  that  we  are  free  even  while 
in  bondage,  free  as  the  birds  and  yet 
confined  in  the  flesh ;  I  am  glad  that 
we  can  send  out  our  minds  in  the  il- 
luminated spheres  of  love  and  re- 
main there  till  we  become  so  filled 
with  it  that  we  can  recognize  nothing 
else  but  its  sweetness  and  invigor- 
ating reality. 


The  Soul  83 

If  we  say  this  to  the  world  it  will 
tell  us  "  it  is  an  impossibility,"  as  the 
world  can  not  see  that  the  body  is 
only  a  covering,  but  not  the  self, 
and  as  the  self  can  not  be  seen  except 
in  its  demonstrations,  and  as  the 
world  can  not  touch  it  or  smell  it, 
it  can  not  realize  that  it  is  everything 
but  a  fancy. 

The  minute  we  think  of  the  angels 
we  are  amongst  them,  and  in  the  pro- 
portion as  we  hold  our  thoughts  at 
length  upon  their  beautiful  lives,  we 
shall  be  able  to  realize  that  we  are 
amongst  them,  as  we  draw  to  us  by 
long  thoughts  upon  one  thing  the 
magnetism  in  which  that  particular 
thing  lives. 

Concentration,  as  thought  in  the 
previous  lessons,  will  teach  us  and 
develop  us  to  reach  this  goal,  but  we 
can  not  as  long  as  we  suggest  pain, 
inability  and  death. 

We  must  learn  to  love  everybody, 


84  The  Soul 

as  the  angels  can  not  come  near  us 
unless  we  have  overcome  selfishness 
and  excuses  for  our  own  folly. 

Can  we  not  sit  by  the  fount  of  life 
and  see  its  sparkling  water  like  dew- 
drops  from  heaven  falling  upon  us 
until  we  melt  into  full-blending  with 
it?  Can  we  not  leave  the  turmoils 
and  be  on  the  hills  of  peace,  and 
from  their  heights  see  and  hear  our 
beloved? 

Can  we  not  realize  that  one  mo- 
ment in  this  beautiful  existence  is 
worth  more  than  all  earth's  gold. 
Yes,  sweet  one,  and  thus  all  sorrows 
will  be  forgotten  and  we  will  know 
of  nothing  else  but  peace  and  har- 
mony. 

Let  us  remember  that  these  higher 
experiences  can  not  be  had  unless 
we  have  practiced  the  power  of  the 
higher  thoughts  upon  our  bodies  and 
thus  made  them  responsive  to  the 
finer  forces,  and  the  more  our  minds 
dwell  upon  the  beautiful  the  more 


The  Soul  85 

invigorating  magnetism  wo  3raw  to 
us. 

The  more  we  can  live  in  our  higher 
selves  and  associate  with  the  finer, 
the  more  we  shall  see  it  coming  forth 
in  all  things  in  which  we  could  not 
recognize  anything  but  coarseness. 

Can  we  not  sit  in  thought  by  the 
mighty  ocean  and  hear  its  roarings, 
and  how  one  expression  of  life  in  it 
gives  greeting  to  the  other? 

Can  we  not  hear  the  songs  of  the 
choral  and  see  even  there  in  the  deep 
the  fairies  dance  after  music  of  the 
little  cupids?  You  say,  "  not  in  the 
ocean."  Oh,  yes,  there  is  love  mani- 
fested, there  is  beauty  beyond  com- 
prehension, and  Innocence  stands 
watch  at  the  portals  to  their  palaces 
made  of  moss  and  other  beautiful 
things. 

Evolution  lays  its  mysterious  vail 
over  the  sea-lion  as  well  as  over  the 
goldfish,  and  the  book  of  life  is  read 
to  it  and  all  thing  hear  and  obey. 


86  The  Soul 

O  children  of  God,  wake  up  and 
look  around  you  and  know  that 
"  much  is  given  and  therefore  much 
shall  be  asked." 

While  I  write  these  lines  I  feel  the 
beauty  of  the  higher  life  to  the  extent 
that  my  soul  is  lifted  amongst  the 
angels  who  are  rejoicing,  while  my 
body  trembles  by  the  power  which  it 
brings,  and  I  can  see  the  whole 
heaven  aglow  with  the  magnificent 
magnetic  lights  emanating  from  this 
beautiful  plane. 

Recognize  what  you  should  be  and 
not  what  you  are  now,  and  you  will 
have  these  grand  experiences. 

We  can  send  our  souls  to  those 
whom  we  love  who  are  far  away  from 
us,  and  inspire  them  with  patience 
and  give  them  strength  to  hold  on 
until  they  understand  their  own 
power  and  can  use  it. 

We  can  send  our  souls  into  the  an- 
imal kingdom  and  give  our  love  and 
sympathy  to  our  brother,  the  beast, 


The  Soul  87 

and  he  will  pull  his  load  more  will- 
ingly and  be  less  ill-used. 

We  can  send  our  souls  amongst 
the  birds  as  they  trill  to  nature's 
honor,  and  as  the  sun  rises  in  the 
sky,  we  can  follow  them  on  their 
journeys  while  they  sing  as  nothing 
else  can.  We  can  send  our  souls 
amongst  the  flowers  and  hold  them 
there  until  we  have  become  so  famil- 
iar with  their  language  that  we,  by 
the  exchange  of  magnetism,  can 
speak  to  their  souls  and  be  under- 
stood. As  we  understand  we  shall 
see  the  smiles  upon  their  sweet  faces, 
and  they  will  tell  us  that  they  give 
beauty  and  love  to  man.  Thus  we 
can  see  that  we  are  not  confined  even 
though  we  are  clothed  with  matter, 
but  we  can  know  and  understand, 
and  also  appreciate  what  it  means 
that  the  "  pinch  of  clay  became  a 
living  soul." 

This  is  the  goal — to  know  life  out- 
side of  the  body  while  we  live  in  it. 


88  The  Soul 

We  must  always  remember  that  we 
do  our  duty  first  before  we  ask  it  of 
any  one  else,  and  that  will  teach  us 
to  serve  to  be  served,  and  not  to  be 
served  to  serve. 

This  lesson  gives  a  great  many 
blessings,  but  it  asks  us  to  give  in 
order  to  receive,  and  the  missionary 
lesson  must  be  practised  faithfully 
as  we  can  never  receive  unless  we 
are  willing  to  sacrafice  some  things. 

Forgiveness  is  the  first  thing 
asked  of  us  and  next  comes  to  help 
wherever  it  can  be  done. 

The  practice  of  this  lesson  can 
only  be  done  in  the  morning  before 
we  have  seen  or  spoken  to  any  one, 
and  the  mind  must  be  free  from 
everything  which  would  be  an  ob- 
stacle for  us  to  reach  a  higher  plane. 
We  must  practice  non-thinking  at 
the  time  for  a  few  minutes  in  order 
to  be  able  to  exclude  from  our  minds 
things  which  hinder  us  from  think- 
ing on  the  higher. 


The  Soul  89 

Leave  this  plane  in  thought  and 
let  your  mind  wander  to  other  stars, 
as  that  is  just  as  easy  as  to  think  of 
our  friends,  and  as  there  is  no  dis- 
tance to  mind,  we  can  as  quickly  be 
there  as  any  where  else. 

The  change  of  plane  will  give  new 
magnetism  to  the  body  and  we  build 
it  anew. 

Happiness  to  the  mind  gives  new 
life  to  the  body,  and  when  we  are  re- 
leased from  the  body  we  feel  free  and 
that  freedom  is  power  to  it. 

As  this  lesson  takes  us  into  a 
higher  plane,  and  belongs  to  medita- 
tion, we  should  not  confuse  it  with 
the  other  lessons  which  deal  with  the 
matter  on  the  lower  plane;  these 
practices  will  lift  us  if  we  use  them 
rightly,  and  we  will  understand  our 
higher  selves  more  than  we  ever  did 
before.  Let  us  select  a  room  for 
this  concentration  where  there  is  as 
little  disturbance  around  as  possible, 
let  us  be  there  alone  and  think  of 


90  The  Soul 

nothing  but  the  higher  life,  as  the 
more  we  can  forget  everything 
around  us  the  more  we  will  con- 
sciously realize  where  we  are  and 
how  the  life  is  about  us.  When  we 
sit  down  in  this  concentration  we 
do  not  rest  the  back  against  the 
chair,  but  sit  straight,  hands  on 
knees  and  feet  not  crossed.  This 
concentration  must  not  be  practiced 
for  anything  else  than  the  higher  un- 
derstanding and  expression  of  the 
soul,  and  we  must  not  sit  with  the 
understanding  of  having  visions  or 
hearing  things,  but  only  to  receive 
higher  power.  Do  not  sit  any  longer 
than  fifteen  minutes  as  that  will  be 
plenty  of  time  for  we  can  not  hold 
our  thoughts  on  one  thing  any 
longer  at  the  commencement.  Tell 
no  one  of  these  sittings  as  they  will 
send  their  thoughts,  and  they  will  be 
an  obstacle  to  success. 

Breathe  very  slowly  and  do  not 
heave  the  chest,  but  be  very  calm  and 


The  Soul  91 

still  while  in  this  concentration  as 
the  magnetism  is  very  fine  which  is 
drawn  in  this  sitting,  and  it  is  very 
easy  to  repel  it  with  too  heavy 
breathing.  Sit  always  in  the  same 
chair  and  in  the  same  room  and  even 
in  the  same  corner  as  magnetism  is 
drawn  there  and,  therefore,  it  will 
be  a  very  magnetic  place  and  by 
changing  it  we  scatter  our  forces. 
Let  us  never  look  for  success  from 
each  sitting,  but  sit  regularly  three 
times  a  week,  on  Sunday,  Monday 
and  Tuesday  mornings,  early,  and 
tell  no  one  that  you  practice  it. 

Always  sit  before  you  have  taken 
food  into  your  system. 

Always  wash  hands,  face  and  feet 
before  sitting  so  that  the  finer  mag- 
netism can  flow  freely  through  the 
pores  in  all  negative  places  of  the 
extremities  and  the  face. 

This  sitting  will  take  us  to  the 
holiest  presence  of  the  angels  and 
we  can  not  help  but  feel  the  higher 


92  The  Soul 

life  will  become  more  active  in  us. 

Always  recognize  the  higher  within 
everybody,  and  let  the  surface  alone. 
As  we  have  said  in  the  above  these 
sittings  will  teach  us  how  to  send 
our  souls  to  other  planes,  and  we 
will  find  it  as  easy  to  send  our  souls 
to  other  stars  as  it  is  to  send  it  across 
the  street,  or  to  some  one  whom  we 
love,  Blessed  freedom,  wonderful 
arrangement  and  generous  law  that 
such  can  be  possible  at  the  same  time 
we  are  confined  in  the  body. 

As  long  as  we  live  only  for  the 
purpose  of  saving  up  money  we  will 
never  reach  this  state  of  freedom,  as 
that  will  hold  us  to  earth  too  close, 
and  we  will  never  know  the  beauties 
beyond  it. 

We  can  overcome  every  deficiency 
by  recognizing  the  stronger  power, 
as  that  will  counteract  all  the  effects 
of  the  weaker,  and  become  remedies 
which  will  cure  physical  ills,  and  if 
applied  in  the  right  time  and  under 


The  Soul  93 

the  right  circumstances  they  will  be 
of  wonderful  help  in  all  emergencies. 

We  base  this  statement  upon  the 
fact  that  the  soul  is  the  real  self,  and 
it  can  overcome  by  its  power  every- 
thing beneath  it  as  it  is  the  stronger 
at  all  times. 

Live  in  the  higher  realms  of  con- 
sciousness and  all  things  on  earth 
will  be  very  easy  to  conquer.  It  is 
quite  impossible  to  enumerate  all 
the  blessings  which  come  from  living 
the  life  in  the  spirit,  and  in  harmony 
with  the  law,  as  the  expressions  of 
the  inner  power  are  so  manifold  that 
they  can  not  be  described,  but  only 
experienced,  and  as  each  soul  is  dif- 
ferent from  the  other,  one  can  not 
draw  conclusions  from  another's  ex- 
periences. If  each  lesson  is  prac- 
ticed conscientiously  it  will  give  more 
power  to  soul  and  body  than  we 
would  be  able  to  tell  as  the  more  we 
deal  with  the  higher  the  more  we 
receive. 


Remedies     for     Physical    and 
Mental   Ills 


For  all  kinds  of  worries,  surrender 
to  the  higher  power,  and  rest  men- 
tally and  bodily. 

For  hunger  of  love  and  affection, 
surrender  and  rest  in  the  universal 
lovliness,  that  will  make  us  lovable 
and  we  will  be  loved. 

For  jealousy,  give  love  and  confi- 
dence to  those  of  whom  you  are  jeal- 
ous, and  they  will  be  true  to  you. 

For  poverty,  surrender  to  the  uni- 
versal supplies,  recognizing  plenty 
and  you  will  never  become  poor. 


Physical  and  Mental  Ills     95 

For  good  and  obedient  children, 
tell  them  how  lovely  they  are  and 
not  how  bad  they  are,  and  they  will 
love  and  obey  you. 

For  honesty,  be  always  open  and 
frank,  and  people  will  be  honest  to 
you. 

For  usefulness,  be  always  practi- 
cal. 

For  beauty,  recognize  the  hidden 
powers  of  virtue  and  draw  your  fin- 
gers over  the  surface  of  the  skin  of 
the  face,  and  you  will  become  beau- 
tiful. 

For  sickness,  think  of  new  life, 
youth  and  strength,  drawing  your 
hands  over  the  body,  and  you  will 
feel  strength  coming  to  you. 

For  honor,  think  of  the  worth  of 
character. 

For  friends,  send  out  love,  gener- 
osity and  unselfishness,  and  you  will 
make  friends  with  everybody  with 
whom  you  come  in  contact. 

For  "  enemies,"  recognize  no  such 


96     Physical  and  Mental  Ills 

persons,  but  recognize  their  power  of 
love. 

For  stinginess,  hold  the  universal 
generousity. 

For  irritable  disposition,  hold 
kindness. 

For  weakness,  hold  mental  and 
physical  poise. 

For  patience,  hold  forgiveness. 

For  a  beautiful  body,  hold  peace 
of  mind. 

For  success,  hold  endurance. 

For  wisdom,  hold  unfoldment. 

For  the  help  of  others,  hold  the 
communion  with  the  higher  life. 

For  a  good  companion,  do  not  look 
for  love,  but  send  all  the  love  of 
which  you  are  capable  and  it  will 
come  back  to  you. 

For  hasty  success,  hold  that,  but 
do  not  limit  time. 

For  fear  of  being  old,  hold  per- 
petual youth. 

For  peace  and  happiness  every 
day,  do  not  find  fault  with  others, 


Physical  and  Mental  Ills     97 

but  recognize  their  virtues  whether 
you  see  them  or  not. 

For  undisturbed  mental  and  bod- 
ily rest,  do  not  answer  those  who  are 
in  anger,  nor  let  it  affect  you,  but 
hold  peace. 

Eemember  that  we  must  "  do  unto 
others  as  we  want  to  be  done  by," 
and  thus  we  shall  look  back  upon  our 
path  and  see  that  it  was  by  the  power 
of  mind  over  matter  that  we  were 
able  to  overcome  all  darkness  and 
learn  the  lessons  by  which  we 
have  reached  the  highest  glory. 


Times  and  Conditions  for  Con- 
centrations 


Higher  concentrations,  for  spirit- 
ual unfoldment,  Sundays,  Mondays 
and  Tuesdays,  in  the  mornings  as 
early  as  possible,  and  after  sunset. 

For  quietude,  health  and  poise, 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  morn- 
ings and  evenings.  For  this,  physical 
exercises,  known  as  rotary  motions, 
should  be  taken  in  a  lying  down, 
restful  position,  with  hands,  feet, 
shoulders  and  head  exercised  while 
the  breathing  is  easy,  rotating  five 
times  each  way  to  right  and  left,  and 
the  same  for  the  trunk  in  a  standing 
position. 


Concentrations*          99 

To  draw  magnetism  of  a  finer 
quality  to  the  body  the  breathings 
are  deep  but  slow,  inhaling  much 
stronger  than  exhaling. 

All  breathings  should  be  taken  in 
the  fresh  air  as  the  rooms  are  not 
pure  enough  for  the  lungs. 

No  concentrations,  breathings,  nor 
exercises  should  be  taken  just  before, 
nor  right  after  meals,  nor  if  there  is 
excitement  around  you. 

For  gold  and  material  things,  Fri- 
days and  Saturdays,  late  in  the  even- 
ings. Face  the  extreme  north,  with 
deep  inhalings. 

When  we  desire  to  draw  to  us,  we 
inhale,  and  when  we  give  out,  we  ex- 
hale. 

Dear  reader,  in  this  little  book  we 
have  tried  to  show  the  power  of  mind 
and  magnetism,  or  thought  force  in 
the  material,,  and  its  practical  culti- 
vation, but  unless  it  is  practiced  by 
regular  concentration,  and  orderly 
application  according  to  instructions 


i  oo          Concentrations 

given  in  the  right  times  and  condi- 
tions, we  can  gain  little. 

We  have  shown  that  mind  affects 
the  nerves  and  the  nerves  the  whole 
body,  and,  therefore,  we  must  not 
wear  tight  clothing,  which  is  at  all 
times  an  obstacle  to  the  right  action 
of  the  functions  of  the  body. 

Wear  loose  garments,  eat  whole- 
some and  plain  food,  breathe  in  the 
fresh  air,  take  systematic  exercises 
(Swedish  movements  and  physical 
culture),  bathe  freely  and  hold  the 
mind  on  higher  planes,  and  you  will 
find  wonderful  unfoldment,  and  have 
powers  which  can  be  used  for  your 
own  happiness  and  the  happiness  of 
the  human  race.  Do  not  be  slave  to 
anybody  or  anything,  but  be  free,  love 
everybody;  always  hold  success  in 
all  things,  health,  youth,  beauty  and 
amiability  and  you  will  sail  easier  on 
the  ocean  of  human  experience,  and 
make  a  triumphant  entry  into  the 
higher  planes. 


14  DAY  USE 

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